हिमालय के पिघलते ग्लेशियर को लेकर अंतर्राष्ट्रीय पर्यावरणवादियों और भारत सरकार के बीच लगातार विवाद बना रहता है।भारत सरकार मानती है कि पर्यावरणवादी हिमालयी ग्लेशियर के पिघलने की बात को बढ़ा-चढ़ा कर बताते हैं।हाल ही में आई एक नई रिपोर्ट से भारत सरकार और पर्यावरणवादियों की बहस पर विराम लगने की संभावना है क्योंकि इस रिपोर्ट में हिमालयी ग्लेशियरों के पिघलने की दर की माप-जोख की गई है।(देखें नीचे दी गई लिंक)   हिमालय के ग्लेशियर वैश्विक...

Food prices in India have risen to a high of nearly 20% over last year, the highest rate in a decade. The federal finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has said the government was planning to import food to ease prices. A short supply of food due to lower farm produce following drought and floods has led to the rising prices. Overall inflation in India has risen to 4.78% in November, up from...

Referring to China in 1947, Nehru declared, “A new star has risen in the eastern horizon,” and some years later predicted, “If you peer into the future, the obvious fourth country in the world is India.” One of the countries he had in mind has disappeared, and he did not imagine that the emergence of India and China on the global stage would lead to mutual friction. The Chinese are...

The outcome of the historic climate change negotiations in Copenhagen hinges on the issues of emissions reductions and financing, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today as he urged world leaders to use the final days of the talks to strike an ambitious new agreement. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has found that to stave off the worst effects of climate change, industrialized countries must slash greenhouse...

Climate change is the biggest factor driving forced displacement, a top United Nations official said today, underscoring that global warming is blurring the traditional distinction between refugees and migrants. “Climate change is, in my opinion, the most important trigger and the most important enhancer of forced displacement” that is interconnected with other “mega-trends,” such as food insecurity, poverty and conflict,” UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) António Guterres told reporters...